Day 20 with a broody hen

[jessicachick23]

Update: Nothing ever happened so I am assuming none made it. Thanks for all the help, everyone.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That is all good information to know. Thanks for telling me. The rooster was rehomed so unfortunately even if I wanted to I can’t try to hatch chicks again since the eggs won’t be fertile. In the future if I get another rooster, what are you supposed to feed them?

Ideally, mature roosters do well on about 13% protein and 1% calcium. Only primary broiler and egg commercial producers who have their own mills and can produce their own feed can make exactly that because you can't buy that at a feed store. There are a couple ways to accomplish this. You can have a rooster feeder that is hung higher than hens can reach and perhaps even make hen feeders that roosters can't fit their heads into.
In the rooster feeder you can mix a starter, grower or all flock feed with a blend of grain half and half would do the trick or better yet, Purina makes a game bird maintenance feed that is 12.5% protein. That would be almost ideal for the rooster and it wouldn't hurt him to occasionally eat some layer feed.